Toy pistol.



Patented Aug. 3-, 899. L. BUEHLER.

TOY PISTOL.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1898.)

(No Modsl.)

l.-OUISBUEHLER, OF DETROIT. MICHIGAN.

TOY PISTO L.

SPEGIFCA1ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,775, dated August 8 1899. Application filed Decemberl9, 1898. Serie] No. 899,633. No model.)

T0 all w7win it may concern: Be it known that I, LOUIS BUEHLER, a ci zen of the United States of America, residing 'at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy' Pistols, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the a'ccompanying draw- 1ngs.

My invention belongs to that class of toy pistols in which a continuous strip of tape is employe;to feed an explosiva under the hamscribed,and shown in the accompanyingdraw:

ings, in whic h- Figure 1 is a side-'elevatin of the pistol with one-half of the casing removed, illustrating the interior parts. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the operating parts of the pistol, the harnmer being broken away. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side eleva/tion showing the movable slide for the insertion of a new strip of tape. Fig. 4 is a detached side elevation of the trigge'r and operating-pawls, looking from the reverse side0f Fg. 1. Fig. 5 is 'an end view of Fig. 4, looking from left to right.

The casing is composed of a hollow-shell made in imitation of the shape of a pistol and is composed of two separable halves B C, secured together by means of a. screw E, the part B containing all the working parts and with the part 0 forming a housing for the same. The part Chas formed in the gripportion an openingl), (for the insertion of a new strip o f tape,) provided with a suitable cover D, pivctally secured by means of the scrcw E.

In the grip portioh of the casing B is a. pin

a for engaging thereon a roll of tape a, and

in the body portion, cast integral with the casin g B, is the double inclined partition-wall F, the uppefportion of which forms the anvil b, against which the hannmer Gr is adapttition forme the feed-table c. Below the feedtaole and forward of the same is pivotallysecured at d in the casing the triggerH, formed with the usual finger-piece e and the triggerarm f, provided with the usual retractingspring g.

To the free end O.tally secured the feed pawl I and hammeractuating pawl J. A y i The feed-pawl I is loosely pivoted, so that in addition to being free to oscillate upon its pvot in a plane at right angles to the a'xis thereof it is also capable of being slightly'os-' cillated in the -plane of the feed-table.

The feed-pawl I has at its upper end a finger h, extending across the feed-table, and a guide-Ing 2', adapted to travel along the exposed edge of the feed-table c.

L is a spring adapted to draw the finger h of the feedpawl I against the face of the feed table and by means of its angular 'pull't'o hold the guide-Ing i in contact with the exposed edge thercof. Y

Upon the rear wall of the casing in the path of. the free end of the finger is formed a camlugj, having an inclined cam-groove k, into which the free end of the finger h is adapted to engage in its upward movement, as' more fully hereinafter described.

G is the hammerof usual construction, having by means of a screws.- Itis provided with the usual actuatihg.spring 25, secured Within the grip portion.

K is a spring-pressed pawl pivoted in the upper part of the casing by means of a screw r and having a clamping-foot n, extending .across the upper end of the feed-table c'and adapted to'clamp the tape thereon.

An inclined cam m, is formed on the rear face of the hub portion of the hammer, by -means of which the pawl-K is adapted to be operated in conjunction with its spring.

- J is a spring-prcssed hummeractuating pawl, as plainly shown in Fig. 4, and 0 is a shoulder on the hub of the hanimer with which said pawl is adapted to engage.

P is an eccentric projection below the shoulder o and adapted in the operation of the parts to disengage the pawl J from its engagement with the hani'mer. ed to strike. The lower portion of thispar- Having now fully described my invention,

of the tri'ggerarm f are piv-- .80 ing its body portion G pivoted within thecasend passed upwardly over the feed-table, es ehownin the 'drewings, a pull upon the trig- .ger actnetes the feed-pawl1, the hammer-actuat ing pawi J, and the clamping-paw .K simultaneousiy in such manner that the feedpawl feeds a portion of the tape equa,l to the distance between the explosivos thereon upwardly under the hamrer while the hummer ot the paw1 I the finger h'engage5vsithit eing in clined crowde it slightly outwardly until the free end in the cam-groove, which top of the groove is reached, When by reason of the pull of the spring L itfivill be drawn inwardly again, so that when the trigger is released the ar'm of the feed-pawl will be compelled to ride back over the top of the ing j until it drops into its' initial position. The feed-pawl is thus kept out of contact With the tape during its return motion. -Simultaue. ousiy with the feed-pawl the spring-pressed aetuating-pawl J moves downward and engages again under the shonlder o on the body portion of the hammer, and the pistoi is ready for a second operation.

hat I claim as my invention is' l. In a toy pistoi the combination with the ensing and tape-roll inelosed th erein, of the inciined feedte.bie formed within the casing for guiding the tape to the hammer, the ham- 1ner adapted to strike upon the upper portion of said table, the feedpawl I having the finger h bearing upon the lower portion of the feed-table, the trigger nctuating said feedjpewl, to feed the tape, the eam;7' for gu'iding the feed-pawl in its return movement, and the spring L angularly connected to the feedpawl, said feed-pawl being adapted to oscilsaidteble, the tprigger H, the feed-pnwl I, and

hammer-actuating pawl J operated by the movement of said trigger, the clamping-pawi adapted to clamp the tape. upon the feed-tn ble and the cam on the hammer for operating said clamping-pawl.

3. In a toy pistol, the combination of the casing, the tape-roll inelosed :herein the feed table in the casing adepted to guide the tape under the hammer, the hammer arranged to strike upon the upper portion of said feedtahle, -the feed-pawl having an arm bcaring upon the lower portion of the table and adapted to feed the tape toward the hammer, the elampi ng pawi having en arm hearing against the feed-table interm ediate between the feedpawi and hummer, the cam en the hammer for aetuzting said clamping-pawl, and the trigger actuating the feed-patri and hanuner.

In. testimony whereof I aflrx my signature in presence.of two Witnesses.

LOUIS BUEIILER.

W itnesses:

OTTO F. BARTHEL, D. II. STEFFENS. 

